ARK (Autonomous Robotic Kitchen)

Overview

ARK (Autonomous Robotic Kitchen) is a consumer-facing and back-of-house unit from RoboEatz (headquartered in Canada, founded feb 2018), listed in the Fresh Food Robotic Kiosks / Autonomous Restaurants category of the Food Robotics Catalogue. According to the maker and the sources we checked, it is in pilot or limited release. What it does: Robotic kitchen that cooks custom meals from up to 80 ingredients, 24/7.

We did not find an NSF listing for it. Throughput, as claimed by the maker: four cooking modules working at once (WellSpan); hundreds of made-to-order combinations.

Payments: unknown. Meal plans: unknown.

Notable users and reference sites: WellSpan York Hospital, 'Fresh Take Eatery' (York, PA); Aramark is an investor.

First US healthcare deployment: WellSpan York Hospital 'Fresh Take Eatery' (Mar 2026), built with ABB Robotics.

Specs at a glance

Company founded

Founded Feb 2018

Headquarters

Canada

Certifications

No NSF listing found

Footprint

not published

Utilities

not published

Throughput (maker's claim)

four cooking modules working at once (WellSpan); hundreds of made-to-order combinations

Price model

not published

Placement

Consumer-facing + BOH

Payment terminal

unknown

Meal plans

unknown

Notable users

• WellSpan York Hospital, 'Fresh Take Eatery' (York, PA)
• Aramark is an investor

Sources

wellspan.org ↗, roboeatz.com ↗, info.nsf.org ↗